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ISBN
9781891024290
Book Title
Ralph Eugene Meatyard : the Family Album of Lucybelle Crater and Other Figurative Photographs
Item Length
9.2in
Publisher
D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Publication Year
2002
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Author
James Rhem
Features
Revised
Genre
Photography
Topic
Individual Photographers / General, General
Item Width
10.2in
Item Weight
32 Oz
Number of Pages
128 Pages

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Product Information

Originally published in 1974 by the Jargon Society and long out of print, The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater is the best-known body of Ralph Eugene Meatyard's work. At once comic and tragic, grotesque and beautiful, the series of 64 images features his wife, Madelyn, in a hag's Halloween mask together in each with a different friend or relative in a transparent mask. Original copies of this small but seminal work now sell for upwards of $500. Critic and scholar James Rhem has worked closely with the archives in the photographer's estate, as well as directly with his surviving family members to reconstruct Meatyard's original, and unrealized, intentions for the publication of this project. As a result, this revised edition features the correct sequencing of images and, most importantly, the missing captions, which, in accordance with Meatyard's instructions, are reproduced in his own handwriting as white type knocked out of a black background. In addition, each surviving participant in the Lucybelle Crater project has been interviewed by Rhem, and the book includes a critical essay and extensive background information. Accompanying the Album are 40 more figurative works establishing a context for it and exploring important themes in Meatyard's work. This is an important rediscovery in the history of American photography.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
ISBN-10
1891024299
ISBN-13
9781891024290
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1989622

Product Key Features

Book Title
Ralph Eugene Meatyard : the Family Album of Lucybelle Crater and Other Figurative Photographs
Author
James Rhem
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Individual Photographers / General, General
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Photography
Number of Pages
128 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Width
10.2in
Item Weight
32 Oz

Additional Product Features

Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Tr654.R488 2002
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Copyright Date
2002
Lccn
2002-512936
Dewey Decimal
779/.092
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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  • Best Meatyard book published

    This is the best book available on Meatyard. It is thoroughly researched and clearly written and gives more information about Meatyard's life and the connection of that life to his art than any other available book. It's not really a "reissue" of Lucybelle, but a publication of it the way Meatyard wanted it presented but which it's never before been presented. And the 30 some odd additional photos in the book are mostly ones not published before elsewhere.

  • Title adequately describes the book.

    A nice book, good (not excellent) printing. An excellent history and representation of Meatyards work. Both his early work and the seminal "The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater" are included. An extensive explanation of the purpose and poetics of "...Lucybelle Crater" prefaces the images. Meatyards hand-written captions are included making each page as Meatyard intended it. I recommend this book for any photographic book collection.